Peculiar Parker 61 colour

[parapadakis]

Hello all,

 

I just got hold of this Parker 61, and I'm intrigued with the colour. It's a kind of dark "petrol" green with GF trim, which I have not seen before. The colour is similar to what Richard Binder describes as "Carribean Green", which appears to have been withdrawn in 1969, but the pen is a Mk III (converter), and the inscription on it references 1974. Perhaps using older 1969 stock from before the colour was withdrawn? Did the introduction of the MkIII overlap with the colour withdrawal in 1969?

 

Rgards

George

 

 

 

 

[joss]

Nice find, is this an English made Parker 61? The data on Richard's website possibly apply to the US made Parker 61 pens only. On the other hand, I have a blurry copy of a 1969 brochure from Parker England mentioning that the P61 was convertible (cartridge or converter) and available in black, grey, marroon and blue only. Which "blue" was that 1969 blue? The www.parkerpens.net/parker61.html mentions the introduction of "Turquoise Blue" in 1969 while the "Midnight Blue" that is shown on Richard's site seems to be a very dark blue.

[FarmBoy]

English pens have an English version of the colors. 

[parapadakis]

Yes, indeed, this is English. I didn't realise that the available colours differered by country!

 

18 hours ago, joss said:

Which "blue" was that 1969 blue?

 

I am struggling to see this pen as any kind of blue. This is definitely a forrest green, leaning towards teal. But not blue. Here it is next to my other one (on the left) which I assume is the "turquoise blue" (or maybe "Green Surf" by Richard's colour list?).

 

 

Thanks

George

[Barry Gabay]

Beautiful 61s. My blue English cartridge-converter 61s appear teal, what Parker called simply "blue" for 61s. Roughly the same shade as George's pen in question here, though the one seems a bit darker. Maybe just my poor eyes. 

 

[parapadakis]

On 6/21/2022 at 4:17 PM, Barry Gabay said:

what Parker called simply "blue"

That is fascinating, thank you @Barry Gabay. We've gone all the way from Carribean Green, to Tuquoise, to Teal, to Blue. Someone at Parker must have had serious colour blindness issues 🙂